This summer, Real Madrid decided to start a revolution. After the end of the cycle observed with Carlo Ancelotti and his methods, the Madrid club decided to bet on a completely different profile in the person of Xabi Alonso . The young 43-year-old Spanish coach embodies a football much more in tune with the times. Having spent time at the club as a player, the former Liverpool player showed his qualities as a coach at Bayer Leverkusen with two exceptional seasons both in terms of results and in his style of play.
So obviously, he is highly anticipated this season, taking charge of a team that has been rather muddled in terms of attack and defense for two seasons now. With an attractive squad, but which has certain limitations, Xabi Alonso will have to work to transform a team accustomed to Ancelotti's football. For his first on the Madrid bench, the Spanish technician started with a 1-1 draw against Al-Hilal. "We are coming off four years with Ancelotti where we had automatisms, so we are trying to change these automatisms to adapt to what the coach wants now, but it is not in four days that we will get there. We watch videos, we talk a lot, we will learn a lot from this match and progress ," explained Thibault Courtois after the match.
Xabi Alonso uses drones
Real Madrid definitely has work to do, and Xabi Alonso is aware of it. And he's putting all the odds in his favor. According to Marca , the former Real Sociedad coach has been using a new method at Real Madrid for the past few days: drones. The club's training sessions are filmed using drones to observe the players' movements and better analyze their performances during video sessions. This is a method that Real Madrid did not use at all under Carlo Ancelotti, since the Italian coach did not film every session.
In addition to the drones he didn't use at Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso has also installed several cameras above the training ground as well as several sensors at various levels along the pitch. The goal: for his staff to be able to collect much more data and information on the players than in the past. Whether this will ultimately bear fruit remains to be seen, but Xabi Alonso has decided to break Real Madrid's codes to accelerate his players' tactical assimilation process. The answer will be in the next match against Pachuca at the Club World Cup.
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